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Musing Mondays (May 31)

May 31, 2010

From now on, MUSING MONDAYS will be hosted (once again) here at Should Be Reading! :D

This week’s question asks…

Do you ever read a word or phrase that sparks a specific place or setting in your mind and makes you crave to read a book with that type of place/setting in it?

For example, I read something, recently, that made me crave a book that was set in New York and had the main character living in a bachelor/studio apartment, and visiting a small café regularly. What I read had no mention of New York, or probably even a café, and yet the reading triggered the setting for me to the point where I could visualize it in my mind’s eye, and the sense of it was very strong.

Unfortunately, I don’t often know of a book that has the setting/place in it that I’m craving, and so the feeling passes, and I just go on with things. But, I almost wish I had a resource for finding books with the settings I end up craving. ;)

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your answers in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks! :D

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21 Comments
  1. My answer is here
    CMash

  2. Hi MizB

    Have you read ‘The Friday Night Knitting Club’. It fits your “cravings” quite well I think :) )

  3. My Monday Musing.

    Glad to see you’re back. :)

  4. Yay for hosting this meme! Here’s my response for this week: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=1531

  5. I like the question!

    Here is my Musings post!

  6. Glad that you will continue Musing Mondays here, even though are busy and have so little time for blogging. Even though I don’t participate every week, I look forward to the reading the questions.

  7. Interesting question. Here’s mine.

  8. notjustlaura permalink

    Great question. Here’s my response.

  9. Sorry I am a bit late! Had to pack my bags, catch the bus and get over here.

    But HERE we go now, my MM post.

    Hope you have a raincoat.

  10. Off the top of my head, Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s takes place in NYC- no cafes though.

    Here’s my Monday Musing.

  11. Great question. Here’s my response: http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/05/wanderlust.html

    Also, there is a great mystery series by Cleo Coyle that is set in New York City and a coffee shop. It’s the Cofee House Mystery series and the first book is called ‘On What Grounds’. Enjoy

  12. Sounds like a typical day for me. I like the oxymoron feel of the title.

  13. This long weekend definitely has me behind on a few things! Hahaha! I also have to say that I might have taken the question this week onto a bit of a tangent, but you can find my response on my blog:

    Reading Amidst the Chaos

  14. My interest is sometimes piqued by a historical event or literary reference I come across in a book, but it’s usually directly related. You can find my response here.

  15. Thanks, bookmarked!

Please be patient if your comment doesn't show up right away... I will 'release' it as soon as I can. Thanks for your thoughts! ~MizB

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